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Table 2 Attributes and attribute levels for job alternatives – three countries

From: Factors influencing job preferences of health workers providing obstetric care: results from discrete choice experiments in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania

Attribute

Possible levels

Variables for analysis

Variable coding

Location

Urban

Rural

location

0 = rural

1 = urban

Net monthly pay

Base

1.5 × base

2 × base

pay1

0 = base salary

1 = 1.5 × base salary or 2 × base salary

pay2

0 = base salary or 1.5 v base salary

1 = 2 × base salary

Housing

None

Basic

Superior

house1

0 = no housing

1 = basic or superior housing

house2

0 = no housing or basic housing

1 = superior housing

Equipment and Drugs

Inadequate

Improved

equip

0 = Inadequate

1 = Improved

Continuing Professional Development

Limited

Improved

PD

0 = Limited

1 = Improved

Human Resources Management

Poor

Functioning

HRM

0 = Poor

1 = Functioning